Volume 153, No. 40 covering the 1st Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D290-D292 on March 8, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine cross-border trucking with Mexico, after receiving testimony from Mary E. Peters, Secretary, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; James P. Worthington, Con-
way Freight-Southern, Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations; James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, both of Washington, D.C.; John B. Ficker, National Industrial Transportation League, Arlington, Virginia; and Charles Parfrey, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Grain Valley, Missouri.
APPROPRIATIONS: NOAA/NSF
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Arden L. Bement, Jr., National Science Foundation; and Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr., (Ret.), United States Navy, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Pacific Command, Lieutenant General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., USAF, for appointment to be general and to be Commander, United States Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and to be Chief of Engineers/Commanding General, United States Army Corps of Engineers, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security concluded a hearing to examine the Administration's proposal to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, Part II, after receiving testimony from Senator Inhofe; Stephen A. Alterman, Cargo Airline Association, Edward Bolen, National Business Aviation Association, Patrick Forrey, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and James C. May, Air Transport Association of America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; and Charles M. Barclay, American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the Airport Legislative Alliance.
TRADE AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine perspectives on the 2007 trade agenda, after receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corporation, and Robert Baugh, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.; Craig Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Des Moines; Anderson Warlick, Parkdale Mills, Inc., Gastonia, North Carolina, on behalf of the National Council of Textile Organizations; and Steven L. Holland, Montana State University College of Engineering Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, Bozeman.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine efforts to create a new strategy relating to Afghanistan, focusing on threats that impact United States national security and the resurgence of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; James L. Jones, Jr., United States Marine Corps (Ret.), Former Commander European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, McLean, Virginia; and James Dobbins, RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
FOLLOW-ON BIOLOGICS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Food and Drug Administration follow-on biologics, generally referred to as a biotechnology-derived protein drug (or biologic) that is comparable to a novel, previously approved biologic and that is approved with less supporting data than the innovator biologic, after receiving testimony from Senator Schumer; Sid Banwart, Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois; Nicolas Rossignol, European Commission Pharmaceuticals Unit, Brussels, Belgium; Jay P. Siegel, Johnson and Johnson, Radnor, Pennsylvania; and Ajaz S. Hussain, Sandoz, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the Novartis Group of Companies.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007, after receiving testimony from John O. Agwunobi, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; C. Frederick Beckner III, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Richard Brannan, Northern Arapaho Business Council, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Rachel A. Joseph, National Steering Committee for the Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Lone Pine, California; Edward P. Lazarus, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld, LLP, Los Angeles, California; and Steve Gage, SouthEast Alaska Tribal Health Consortium, Sitka, on behalf of the Alaska Association of CHAP Directors.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported:
S. 655, to amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross to modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of the board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support the critical mission of The American Red Cross in the 21st century, with an amendment; and
The nominations of Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Vanessa Lynne Bryant, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
Also, committee began consideration of S. 261, to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine small business solutions for combating climate change, after receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; Daniel Horowitz, Assistant Administrator for Policy and Planning, U.S. Small Business Administration; William L. Wehrum, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Byron Kennard, Center for Small Business and the Environment, Washington, D.C.; James J. Barber, Metabolix, Cambridge, Massachusetts; David B. Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Scott G. Hauge, Small Business California, on behalf of the National Small Business Association, both of San Francisco, California; and Christopher J. Lynch, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers Environmental Management Assistance Program, Philadelphia.
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